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Rating of
2/4
Too Childish For Adults, Too Risque For Kids
JLFM - wrote on 07/26/2013
I suppose it might be important to note before I start this review, that I've never seen any of the Pink Panther movies before this one. This might explain why I was not as disgusted by this film as many others. The Pink Panther is not a film I can exactly recommend, but I didn't find it as horrendous as many others have.
In the film's simplistic plot, the dim-witted Inspector Jacques Clouseau is hired to discover who murdered a famous soccer coach, and who stole the famous Pink Panther diamond from said coach. However, unbeknownst to Inspector Clouseau, Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus hired Clouseau knowing that Clouseau would be unable to solve the case. And the point of this is...well...actually, it seems there really isn't much point to hiring Clouseau and then firing him …
Rating of
2/4
Silly comic fun for those in the mood!
MovieAddict - wrote on 06/22/2012
A national soccer coach has been murdered in front of a stadium of fans and his famed diamond ring, the aptly named "Pink Panther", has been stolen. Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Kevin Kline) comes up with a grand plan to receive the French Medal of Honor. He promotes bumbling, incompetent detective Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin) to Inspector, to look for the killer, and divert all the news media attention towards his sure to fail attempts. Meanwhile, Dreyfus assembles a crack team to solve the murder undercover. Gendarme Gilbert Ponton (Jean Reno) is assigned to be Clouseau's partner in order to keep track of him just to make sure Clouseau does not find too many clues.
Steve Martin's portrayal of Inspector Clouseau was too much of a caricature of the original Seller's version which I …
